International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the IOC is working to help Russian or Belarusian athletes return to international competition.
Thomas Bach is determined to return the representative of the terrorist state to the big sport and is already working towards this.
“Now we are making every effort to fulfill the mission of returning athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports to the international arena.”
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The IOC president said that athletes from aggressor countries would not compete under their national flag so that the Olympics could unite the people.
“We sincerely hope that this mission can be carried out in the conditions that have been set. So that athletes from both countries can compete in neutral status. So that we can really unite the whole world at the Paris Olympics.”
The head of the IOC believes that the decision to accept participants from the wrong country should not be politicized.
“There is a statement from the government that wants to decide who can compete in the Olympics and international sports competitions and who can’t.
Our firm position is that this decision should be made by responsible sports organizations,” Bach told the Xinhua news agency.
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Ukrainian Government Minister Oleg Nemchinov responded to Bach’s decision to return the representatives of 404 countries on March 31. He stated that our athletes will not participate in international tournaments where representatives of the Russian Federation are allowed.
